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Help with label old oud from Istanbul
The luthier is Kregor Kahya
the shop's address is Mercan Yokushu (coral slope) in the Eminönü dis ... |
3-18-2024 at 02:18 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Makams of these two Greek songs
Yes, that's Ada sahillerinde bekliyorum. |
1-4-2023 at 02:44 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Makams of these two Greek songs
The first song is in Hijaz. The melody is that of the Arabic song Qadduk al-mayyas and of the Turkis ... |
1-4-2023 at 07:53 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Can you help me identify this oud
The oud maker is Tawfiq al-Badu. His workshop is in the al-Bahsa neighborhood in Damascus. The oud w ... |
12-13-2022 at 09:34 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Good book for learning maqams and taksim
I would add Murat Aydemir's 'Turkish Music Makam Guide.' It provides an excellent analysis of sixty ... |
5-8-2021 at 05:46 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Help with identification of luthier
The oud was made by the Egyptian oud and qanun maker Tharwat Saber. |
11-13-2020 at 12:51 PM
by: al-Halabi |
pieces for two ouds
"Oud" was published in Lebanon 1997. It's probably not easy to find a copy. Amazon lists the book as ... |
10-31-2020 at 11:36 AM
by: al-Halabi |
pieces for two ouds
Marcel Khalife has published a number of pieces for two ouds in the collection of his compositions t ... |
10-28-2020 at 02:58 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Lavta fret intonation ?
I attached a chart that includes the precise measurements for fretting a lavta with a scale length o ... |
10-23-2020 at 07:38 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Lavta fret intonation ?
What is the lavta's scale length and how many frets are on it? |
10-22-2020 at 02:55 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Is risha called mezrab in Persian?
Yes, they use the term mezrab or zakhmeh, not risha. |
9-29-2020 at 01:55 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Samai Ajam
In Ottoman Turkish Bey was spelled بك, and Arabic-speakers pronounced it based o ... |
9-24-2020 at 12:52 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Samai Ajam
I thought that Sami Bek could possibly be the violin virtuoso Sami al-Shawwa, who composed many piec ... |
9-24-2020 at 06:00 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Marcel KHALIFE
I happen to have an extra copy of the sheet music. It's actually a box set with separate scores for ... |
9-12-2020 at 12:07 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Muhayyer Kurdi
In addition to "perplexing" muhayyer can mean "astounding" or "amazing." It was perhaps that latter ... |
7-1-2020 at 03:56 PM
by: al-Halabi |
What maqam is this?
You are right, the first two measures display maqam Saba, with emphasis on its dominant third degree ... |
3-23-2020 at 07:44 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Tuning the F string differently for Rast or Bayati?
You presumably want this modulation, however brief, to have the distinct flavor of bayyati, so defin ... |
1-26-2020 at 04:46 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Question on the history of Oud strings
There is no reason to doubt that the medieval oud was fretted; the evidence on this is abundant and ... |
1-12-2020 at 04:18 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Question on the history of Oud strings
Medieval sources refer to two distinct types of fifth string that were added to the oud with four st ... |
1-10-2020 at 04:23 PM
by: al-Halabi |
Written Turkish notation
The book 'Makam and Beyond: A Progressive Approach to Near Eastern Music Theory' by Eric Ederer shou ... |
10-25-2019 at 08:17 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Traditional songs to learn?
Doubt about the pieces ascribed to al-Farabi is fully warranted; for various historical reasons they ... |
10-21-2019 at 07:34 AM
by: al-Halabi |
oud tecnique books or links
Try Saint Anthony Maronite Church in Glen Allen, Virginia. They had copies of Rouhana's method for s ... |
10-7-2019 at 05:25 PM
by: al-Halabi |
oud tecnique books or links
Daniele,
I think that the oud method of Charbel Rouhana (Maqam al-'Ud) might serve your needs wel ... |
10-7-2019 at 12:40 PM
by: al-Halabi |
F to f tuning
The diagram shows six double courses tuned F A D g c f, with a seventh single bass string tuned to C ... |
9-27-2019 at 07:18 AM
by: al-Halabi |
Segah / Sika questions...
"Min Kounouzina" (meaning "from our treasures") is the title of a large collection of notated muwash ... |
9-23-2019 at 12:39 PM
by: al-Halabi |
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